# IPL Visual Chronicles (2008–2026)

> Official historical analytics, win-percentage heatmaps, franchise dynasty records, stadium fortress analyses, and head-to-head rivalry matrices covering 19 seasons and 1,243 matches of the Indian Premier League. Developed and architected by Lakhan Dewangan (https://lakhandewangan.com/).

## Core Hubs & Visualizations
- [IPL Visual Chronicles](https://iplchronicles.lakhandewangan.com/): Primary dashboard featuring the 19-season interactive win percentage heatmap, championship timeline, and franchise breakdown.
- [Franchise Directory](https://iplchronicles.lakhandewangan.com/teams): Statistical directory of all 10 unified IPL franchises including total wins, batting vs chasing splits, and all-time records.
- [Head-to-Head Rivalry Hub](https://iplchronicles.lakhandewangan.com/compare): Dual team comparator matrix for evaluating any two IPL teams head-to-head.
- [Records & Trivia Vault](https://iplchronicles.lakhandewangan.com/records): Hall of Fame featuring Player of the Match MVP leaderboards (AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle, Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli), championship trivia, and interactive cricket quiz.
- [Stadium Fortresses & Toss Bias](https://iplchronicles.lakhandewangan.com/venues): Pitch character analysis, toss advantage, defending vs chasing win percentages across 19 IPL stadiums.
- [Season Chronicles Archive](https://iplchronicles.lakhandewangan.com/seasons): Comprehensive year-by-year tournament recap from the inaugural 2008 edition to 2026.
- [Data Methodology & Architecture Guide](https://iplchronicles.lakhandewangan.com/methodology): Technical documentation on entity unification, DLS/Super Over match resolutions, and Core Web Vitals engineering.

## Engineering & Provenance
- [Lead Developer: Lakhan Dewangan](https://lakhandewangan.com/): Full-stack software engineer and data architect responsible for pipeline design, statistical normalization, and frontend architecture.
- [Primary Data Source: Kaggle IPL Complete Dataset](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/patrickb1912/ipl-complete-dataset-20082020): Ingested ball-by-ball and match summaries (2008–2026).
- [Validation Authority: Cricsheet](https://cricsheet.org/): Verified match scorecards and Super Over deciders.
- [Official League Portal: IPLT20](https://www.iplt20.com/): Primary tournament governance body.

## Franchises
- [Chennai Super Kings](https://iplchronicles.lakhandewangan.com/teams/chennai-super-kings): 5-time IPL Champions (2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, 2023), 55.6% all-time win rate, top MVP MS Dhoni & Ravindra Jadeja.
- [Mumbai Indians](https://iplchronicles.lakhandewangan.com/teams/mumbai-indians): 5-time IPL Champions (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020), 55.1% all-time win rate, top MVP Rohit Sharma.
- [Kolkata Knight Riders](https://iplchronicles.lakhandewangan.com/teams/kolkata-knight-riders): 3-time IPL Champions (2012, 2014, 2024), 52.3% all-time win rate, top MVP Andre Russell & Sunil Narine.
- [Sunrisers Hyderabad](https://iplchronicles.lakhandewangan.com/teams/sunrisers-hyderabad): 2-time Champions (2009 Deccan Chargers, 2016 SRH), 48.0% win rate, top MVP David Warner.
- [Rajasthan Royals](https://iplchronicles.lakhandewangan.com/teams/rajasthan-royals): Inaugural 2008 Champions, 50.4% all-time win rate, top MVP Jos Buttler & Sanju Samson.
- [Gujarat Titans](https://iplchronicles.lakhandewangan.com/teams/gujarat-titans): 2022 Champions and 2023 finalists, 60.0% win rate, top MVP Shubman Gill.
- [Royal Challengers Bengaluru](https://iplchronicles.lakhandewangan.com/teams/royal-challengers-bengaluru): 3-time finalists, 48.3% all-time win rate, top MVP AB de Villiers & Virat Kohli.
- [Delhi Capitals](https://iplchronicles.lakhandewangan.com/teams/delhi-capitals): 2020 finalists, 45.4% all-time win rate, top MVP Rishabh Pant & Virender Sehwag.
- [Punjab Kings](https://iplchronicles.lakhandewangan.com/teams/punjab-kings): 2014 finalists, 45.8% all-time win rate, top MVP KL Rahul.
- [Lucknow Super Giants](https://iplchronicles.lakhandewangan.com/teams/lucknow-super-giants): Playoff contenders (2022, 2023), 52.8% all-time win rate, top MVP KL Rahul & Marcus Stoinis.

## Marquee Rivalries
- [CSK vs MI (El Clásico)](https://iplchronicles.lakhandewangan.com/compare/csk-vs-mi): 41 matches, MI 21 wins, CSK 20 wins. 10 combined championships.
- [CSK vs RCB (Southern Derby)](https://iplchronicles.lakhandewangan.com/compare/csk-vs-rcb): 35 matches, CSK 21 wins, RCB 13 wins, 1 NR.
- [MI vs KKR](https://iplchronicles.lakhandewangan.com/compare/mi-vs-kkr): 34 matches, MI 23 wins, KKR 11 wins.
- [KKR vs RCB](https://iplchronicles.lakhandewangan.com/compare/kkr-vs-rcb): 34 matches, KKR 19 wins, RCB 15 wins.
- [GT vs CSK](https://iplchronicles.lakhandewangan.com/compare/csk-vs-gt): 10 matches, CSK 5 wins, GT 5 wins. Includes epic 2023 rain-affected final.

## Full Dataset
- [LLMs Full Reference](https://iplchronicles.lakhandewangan.com/llms-full.txt): Complete markdown data extract containing all raw statistics, venue records, and dynasty metrics for high-accuracy RAG prompts.